IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services vs SAP Process Orchestration comparison

IBM and SAP are both solutions in the Business-to-Business Middleware category. IBM is ranked #4 with an average rating of 7.0, while SAP is ranked #7 with an average rating of 7.8. IBM holds a 12.9% mindshare in BBM, compared to SAP’s 5.7% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of SAP users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

SAP Process Orchestration and IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services are competing products for enterprise integration needs. SAP Process Orchestration is favored for pricing and support, whereas IBM Sterling's features often justify its cost due to robust B2B transaction management.

Features: SAP Process Orchestration offers seamless integration with SAP applications, supports various messaging protocols, and provides robust process automation capabilities. IBM Sterling focuses on comprehensive B2B integration, superior transaction management, and scalability. SAP Process Orchestration is preferable for SAP-focused environments, while IBM Sterling suits diverse global B2B networks.

Room for Improvement: SAP Process Orchestration could enhance its flexibility outside SAP environments, improve non-SAP application integration, and simplify configurations. IBM Sterling could optimize deployment time, reduce complexity in partner ecosystem management, and offer more intuitive user interfaces.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: SAP Process Orchestration simplifies deployment within the SAP ecosystem but may require SAP-specific expertise. IBM Sterling offers flexible configurations and extensive support for intricate B2B processes, with a reputation for addressing B2B integration challenges efficiently.

Pricing and ROI: SAP Process Orchestration's costs align with standard enterprise solutions, providing a better ROI for SAP-centric companies. IBM Sterling requires a higher initial investment due to its features but can deliver substantial ROI for businesses needing advanced B2B transaction management.

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Categories and Ranking

IBM Sterling B2B Integratio...

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

7.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

SAP Process Orchestration

Ranking in Business-to-Business Middleware

7th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the Business-to-Business Middleware category, the mindshare of IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is 12.9%, down from 14.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of SAP Process Orchestration is 5.7%, down from 8.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Business-to-Business Middleware Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services	12.9%
SAP Process Orchestration	5.7%
Other	81.4%

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Ravikumar Tanvee

Seeburger Lead EDI Developer/Analyst at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Effective business process handling with some room for improvement in mapping ease and user interactions

IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services does not have specific issues that need improvement. While each product, like SeeBurger and IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services, has its own advantages and disadvantages, I do not see any challenges or improvements needed. Although, mapping might be a bit easier in SeeBurger compared to IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services.

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Vasanth Kumar Sabaapathi

Senior Lead Architect at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Simplified integrations bring flexibility and efficiency to diverse industries through comprehensive features and robust support

SAP is already trying to make improvements for SAP Process Orchestration by releasing updates every quarter, including patches and modules, and from a security standpoint, while it's a tightly coupled tool, they are introducing a lot of enhancements aligned with current market trends. There are standard contents readily available for starting integrations, which suit around 90% of every industry across verticals including pharma, manufacturing, and employee data central with SuccessFactors integration. Regarding functionality-wise improvements in SAP Process Orchestration, they are now incorporating the Salesforce system. Previously, we needed to rely on a third-party adapter for integration within SAP, but now they are building their own adapters to connect with Salesforce. Additionally, there are options like data connectors using Ariba coming up with SAP Process Orchestration. There's much more to explore, especially as they release new patches, enhancements, and adapters each quarter.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The product's most valuable feature is the real-time integration suite."

"We are able to monitor all B2B messages, and we are able to see or track each message on it from an error perspective. That's a good side of it. It is working well, and we're able to do our current job."

"They have best-in-class, quality support."

"IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services is a stable and scalable product."

"The solution is extremely scalable."

"They have multiple features for each kind of task and issue. The company has different channels to give information to the administration. Security and integration capabilities are also important. This product has helped to replace a lot of other solutions, saving time and cost."

"It is simple to transfer files."

"The solution's technical support is good."

"The solution provides very good and central logging systems. It offers high flexibility with vertical and horizontal extend capacity."

"SAP Process Orchestration is quite flexible in supporting various integration standards and protocols, and it's fulfilling all our needs."

"The initial setup is easy...The solution gets automatically connected. The deployment takes six months. I rate its setup phase a ten out of ten."

"It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs."

"Great monitoring tools and has its own alert framework."

"SAP Process Orchestration is middleware where we are able to manage and interact with everything from a single location. One of the most beneficial areas is monitoring which is very easy because it is all in one place. There are many adapters added recently that can be used for new functionality. The solution is easy to operate and it is more mature than the cloud solution provided by SAP."

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Cons

"Onboarding on the solution is complex. It's hard to onboard partners and customer suppliers. It's one aspect that is not that straightforward."

"It can be now classified as a legacy system because there are no more updates. From what I know, there will be no updates for the current version, which is an issue. Therefore, we are looking for a compatible new software that we can use. We're currently researching what is there in the market. We would consider something that would give us better speed on our current processor. There is also room for improvement in terms of its scalability and GUI. It is an old system, and its scalability can be improved. Its GUI can also be more appealing."

"They can improve APIs because they are still lagging behind in API connectivity. With non-API connectivity, they're market leaders, but API connectivity, they're still in the immature space."

"The only weaknesses they have different governance for each task and different channels for communication which are hard to maintain. The relation of the company with other companies can be improved. We have a lot of customers who this platform for the interchange of information which can also be improved. The compliance information about banks can also be updated."

"SAP should improve the user interface, as it often lacks modern features and aesthetic appeal."

"This is an on-premise platform and one area they can improve on is having the ability to work with SaaS solutions."

"The responsiveness of technical support needs to be improved."

"The usability is an area where it can be improved upon."

"We encounter challenges while connecting to MQTT and MQDD adapters."

"The solution could be more scalable."

"The product roadmap suggests it will approach the end of support in several years, and a lot of innovations are now implemented by SAP not in SAP PO, but in SAP Integration Suite, hence, the platform is stable, but doesn't receive a lot of new features in recent updates."

"I think the big improvement required in the tool stems from the fact that the whole issue around it is that we have some downtime failures during upgrades and patching."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"They have a good pricing system, in relation to powerful features."

"The tool is expensive because of its rich features."

"Pricing is a little bit on the higher side because they give you the best support. Out of ten, I would rate pricing at seven or eight."

"The product is not a low-priced solution, but I can say that it is competitively priced in the market."

"My company deals with different pricing models of the product, according to which we don't pay for the solution directly, but we do pay for the maintenance part."

"Looking at market conditions, vendors nowadays are giving products at very low price levels. However, SAP Process Orchestration have not yet reduced their prices. The prices could be reduced a lot to stay competitive."

"The cost of SAP products is quite high but the quality is really good."

"We subscribe to annual licenses, and the competitive license cost is reasonable."

"Normally, you will have to choose CPU-based licensing...I rate the tool price a five out of ten."

"The fee for maintenance is costly."

"It is a very expensive solution. We only pay for the license."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Manufacturing Company

12%

Computer Software Company

Media Company

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Energy/Utilities Company

Outsourcing Company

Company Size

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Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	3
Midsize Enterprise	1
Large Enterprise	5

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	8
Midsize Enterprise	3
Large Enterprise	26

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services?

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What is your primary use case for IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services?

My primary use case is using IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services ( /products/ibm-sterling-b2b-integration-services-reviews ) for business process modeling and mapping tasks. These tasks are simil...

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What advice do you have for others considering IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services?

I would rate IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services a seven. The main reason for this rating is that SeeBurger is much easier to handle compared to IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services. Features li...

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What do you like most about SAP Process Orchestration?

It provides essential features such as continuous monitoring of all interfaces are crucial for our needs.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for SAP Process Orchestration?

The price for SAP Process Orchestration is a little high when compared to market trends, which is just how the business is. I would rate it an eight.

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What needs improvement with SAP Process Orchestration?

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Also Known As

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SAP NetWeaver Process Integration, NetWeaver Process Integration

Overview

IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services are designed to alleviate the burden on internal resources by providing secure connectivity and collaboration with your customers, suppliers, and business partners. The solution is built on the cloud-based B2B integration and visibility capabilities of IBM Sterling B2B Collaboration Network and provides comprehensive service offerings for partner onboarding, B2B process management, and trading partner support.

Facilitate growth by rapidly growing and adapting your B2B community without burdening internal resources and capital
Reduce B2B total cost of ownership by reducing the cost and increasing the reliability of B2B operations

Accelerate B2B collaboration with global customers and suppliers by leveraging our B2B expertise.

IBM

SAP NetWeaver Process Integration facilitates the integration of business processes that span different departments, organizations, or companies. SAP PI is based on general standards so as to enable 3rd-party systems to be integrated. At the center of SAP PI is an XML-based communication that uses HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol). Irrespective of the scenario used, the application-specific contents are transferred in messages in user-defined XML eXtensible Markup Language) from the sender to the receiver either via the Integration Server, or directly between the systems involved. SAP PI can be installed in different ways: Dual usage type installation: Based on both AS ABAP and AS Java. and Advanced Adapter Engine Extended (AEX): Based on AS Java only.

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Sample Customers

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Lenovo, Dansk Supermarked A/S, Ego Pharmaceuticals Pty. Ltd, Kaeser Kompressoren

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